† upˈhap, adv. Obs.
[up prep.1 6 c + hap n.1 4 b.]
Perhaps, possibly.
| c 1350, c 1380 [see up prep.1 6 c]. 1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love i. viii. (Skeat) l. 132 Therin thou lesest..uphap thy renome everlasting. c 1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Aug. 46 Vphap it semeth a bischop for to were swech on, þouȝ it semeth not..a pore man. |